American Resources Corp 8-K, filed Jul 24, 2020
American Resources Corp (AREC)
8-K
2020-07-24
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American Resources Corp filed this 8-K on July 24, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 2.02: Financial results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Date of
Report (Date of Earliest event Reported): July 24,
2020
AMERICAN RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Florida
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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000-55456
(Commission
File
Number)
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46-3914127
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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12115
Visionary Way, Suite 174, Fishers Indiana, 46038
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(317)
855-9926
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
________________________________________________
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (See: General Instruction
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.
On July
24, 2020, American Resources Corporation (or the
“Company”) issued a press release to announce the
reporting of the Company’s financial and operating results
for the second quarter of 2020 (the “Earnings
Release”), and to provide a business outlook.
The information presented in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on
Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be
“filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, unless the Company specifically states that the
information is to be considered “filed” under the
Exchange Act or specifically incorporates it by reference into a
filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act.
A copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
The
following exhibits are attached hereto and filed
herewith.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Earnings Release Dated July 24, 2020
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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American Resources
Corporation
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Date: July 24,
2020
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By:
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/s/
Mark C.
Jensen
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Mark C.
Jensen
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Chief Executive
Officer
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Exhibit
99.1

American Resources Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2020
Financial Results and Provides Business Outlook
Company reports record $1.3 million of net income and $5.7 million
of adjusted EBITDA
Launch of American Metal LLC subsidiary enables Company to generate
additional revenue utilizing many of its existing
resources
Well-positioned to be a long-term supplier of raw material to the
global infrastructure market while bringing a more efficient and
modernized business model to the industry
Strategic steps taken to transform Company into infrastructure
company producing pure metallurgical carbon and metal aggregation,
while enhancing environmental, social and governance (ESG)
profile
Company expects multiple value driving milestones over the course
of 2020
July 24, 2020 | Source: American Resources
Corporation
FISHERS, INDIANA / ACCESSWIRE / July 24, 2020
/ American Resources
Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC)
(“American Resources” or the “Company”), a
supplier of raw materials to the rapidly growing global
infrastructure marketplace, today reported its second quarter of
2020 financial results and provided a corporate
update.
Mark Jensen, Chairman and CEO of American Resources Corporation
commented, “Over the course of the second quarter our team
continued to execute on the strategic transformation of the Company
to become a more diversified infrastructure company. In tandem, we
made significant progress in advancing our efforts to better our
industry-leading position as a stable, long-term and low-cost
supplier of metallurgical carbon. Additionally, we were able to
further demonstrate our ability to innovate and adapt by generating
high-margin revenue from our recently established American Metals
LLC subsidiary, which further diversifies our business model, while
continuing to divest and monetize non-core
assets.”
Second Quarter 2020 Key Highlights
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Divested certain
non-core assets in eastern Kentucky to
further reduce the Company’s overall cost structure and
environmental liabilities (asset retirement obligations) from its
balance sheet and enhance the flexibility of its focused supply
base in anticipation of worldwide infrastructure related
demand.
●
Added a third, and
subsequently have added a fourth environmental reclamation crew
during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand its environmental
remediation efforts to repair decommissioned and irrational thermal
coal mining sites that are at or below
the Company’s proprietary (economic and environmental)
margin to reduce the Company’s long-term cost
structure and maintain a safe working environment for
employees.
●
Launched metal
aggregation and processing subsidiary, American Metals to aggregate
and process steel to be recycled in traditional and electric arc
furnaces to produce new recycled steel. American Metals is working
in conjunction with its expanded environmental remediation efforts
primarily sourcing used steel from decommissioned coal mining
operations and associated activities in the region. American Metals
further demonstrates the Company’s ability to adapt and
diversify its business as a leading supplier of raw materials to
the growing global infrastructure market.
Mr. Jensen continued, “Looking forward to the
remainder of 2020 and into the coming years, we remain quite
optimistic on global infrastructure demand and believe governments
around the world will continue to look to increase infrastructure
projects as a way to stimulate economic activity as we recover from
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With the assets that we own today
and the actions we have taken, we feel that we are in a great
position to be a meaningful and growing supplier of raw materials
to fulfill a portion of that demand. We believe the achievements we have made at our
Perry County Resources complex have set it up to be one of the
lowest, if not the lowest, PCI operations in the country that has
production capabilities of over 1.0 million tons per year. We will
continue to grow American Metals to provide used steel to be
recycled and sold to traditional and electric arc furnace steel
production facilities to further diversify our business in a
meaningful way, and to advance and support our environmental
efforts. Additionally, our McCoy Elkhorn complex is prepared to be
brought back online as market conditions improve, and we are
looking forward to advancing our Wyoming County complex towards
production next year as a low-cost, premium mid-vol carbon
complex.
“Lastly, and as we’ve previously stated, we
believe our ESG efforts will further distinguish American Resources
as industry revolutionaries. The partnerships we have made will
accelerate our goals to permanently shut down and remediate
irrational thermal coal operation throughout our region and find
creative ways to contribute to the advancement of social and
environmental issues facing this region,” added Mr.
Jensen.
Financial Results for Second Quarter 2020
For the second quarter of 2020, American Resources reported net
income of $1.3 million, or $0.05 per share for the three months
ended June 30, 2020, as compared with a net loss of $8.96 million,
or a loss of $0.38 per share, in the prior-year period. The Company
earned adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation,
amortization, equity-based compensation, warrant expense and
development and restructuring costs (“Adjusted EBITDA”)
of $5.7 million in the first quarter of 2020, as compared with
Adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 million for the first quarter of
2019.
Second Quarter 2020 Summary
Total
revenues were $226,836 for the second quarter of 2020. Cost of
sales (includes mining, transportation, royalty, holding and
processing costs) for the second quarter of 2020 were $662,556, or
292 percent of total revenues, compared to $5.65 million, or 60
percent of total revenue in the same period of 2019.
General
and administrative expenses for the second quarter of 2020 were
$684,307, or 302 percent of total revenue, compared to $990,918
during the second quarter of 2019. Depreciation for the second
quarter of 2020 was $293,746, or 129 percent of total revenue.
American Resources incurred interest expense of $1.01 million
during the second quarter of 2020 compared to $447,989 during the
second quarter of 2019. Development costs during the quarter were
$307,247, compared to $128,159 in the first quarter of
2020.
The
Company did not incur any income tax expense in the first quarter
of 2020 as it was able to utilize its available net operating
losses (“NOL”) carried forward from prior periods of
approximately $13,746,391 as of
December 31, 2019.
Operational Results
During the second quarter of 2020, all carbon production was idled
due to the disruptions related to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As
previously stated, the Company instead shifted its primary focus on
increasing efficiencies, reducing its long-term cost structure,
monetizing non-core assets and advancing environmental
reclamation.
Mr. Jensen reiterated, “During the COVID-19 outbreak, our
first priority was to ensure the safety of our workers; thereafter,
we wanted to strategically utilize this time to increase
efficiencies at our operations for the long-term and are incredibly
proud of the progress made on that front. We believe producing
carbon at a loss is a horrible idea, however it is an unavoidable
practice for some producers in our industry because of their
significant fixed holding costs. Enabled by our low corporate
overhead and our dedication to not waste valuable resources, we
chose to focus on improving mine plans and advancing environmental
reclamation during this market disruption, which we believe will
drive significant long-term value for our shareholders as we look
to be in position to ramp up production when the market
stabilizes.”
The exhibit below summarizes some of the key sales, production and
financial metrics:
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Three month ended
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Three month ended
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June 30,
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March 31,
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June 30,
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2020
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2020
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2019
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Sales Volume (a)
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Tons
Sold
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-
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6,568
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127,021
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Company Production (a)
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McCoy
Elkhorn Coal
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56,335
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Perry
County Resources
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6,568
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-
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Deane
Mining
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-
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70,686
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Total
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-
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6,568
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127,021
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Company Financial Metrics(b)
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Revenue
per Ton
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-
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79.83
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73.38
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Cash Cost per Ton Sold (c)
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-
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282.46
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49.27
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Cash Margin per Ton (c)
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-
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(202.63)
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24.11
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Development
Costs
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$307,247
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$128,159
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1,887,447
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Notes:
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(a)
In short tons
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(b)
Excludes transportation
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(c) Cash cost per ton is based on reported cost of sales and
includes items such as production taxes, royalties, labor, fuel,
and other similar production and sales cost items, and may be
adjusted for other items that, pursuant to GAAP, are classified in
the Statement of Operations as costs other than cost of sales, but
relate directly to the cost incurred to produce coal. Our cash cost
of sales per short ton is calculated as cash cost of sales divided
by short tons sold, and our cash margin per ton is calculated by
subtracting cash cost per ton from revenue per ton. Cash cost of
sales per short ton and average cash margin per ton are non-GAAP
financial measure which are calculated in conformity with U.S. GAAP
and should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute
or superior to financial measures calculated in conformity with
GAAP. We believe cash cost of sales per ton and average cash margin
per ton are useful measurse of performance as it aides some
investors and analysts in comparing us against other companies.
Cash cost of sales per ton and margin per ton may not be comparable
to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
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AMERICAN RESOURCES
CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
UNAUDITED
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For
the three months ended
June
30,
2020
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For
the three
months
ended
June
30,
2019
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For
the six
months
ended
June
30,
2020
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For
the six
months
ended
June
30,
2019
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Coal
Sales
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$-
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$9,321,250
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$524,334
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$16,315,526
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Metal Aggregating,
Processing and Sales
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226,836
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-
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226,836
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-
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Processing Services
Income
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20,876
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-
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20,876
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Total
Revenue
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226,836
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9,342,126
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751,170
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16,336,402
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Cost of Coal Sales
and Processing
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(662,556)
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(5,654,568)
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(2,517,743)
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(12,298,655)
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Accretion
Expense
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(370,587)
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(320,098)
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(741,174)
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(641,799)
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Depreciation
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(293,746)
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(804,889)
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(1,208,798)
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(1,621,805)
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Amortization of
Mining Rights
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(313,224)
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(802,590)
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(626,448)
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(1,339,381)
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General and
Administrative
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(684,307)
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(990,918)
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(1,527,231)
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(2,363,506)
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Professional
Fees
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(316,280)
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(631,934)
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(510,326)
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(4,965,830)
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Production Taxes
and Royalties
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(89,827)
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(603,957)
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(250,057)
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(1,863,543)
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Development
Costs
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(307,247)
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(2,887,448)
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(435,406)
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(4,487,565)
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Total Operating
Expenses
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(3,037,774)
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(12,696,402)
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(7,817,183)
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(29,582,084)
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Net Loss from
Operations
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(2,810,938)
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(3,354,276)
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(7,066,013)
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(13,245,182)
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Other Income and
(expense)
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Other
Income
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(1,726,184)
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214,529
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(314,179)
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480,954
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Gain on Sale
of Assets
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6,820,949
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-
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6,820,949
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-
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Loss on settlement
of payable
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-
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-
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-
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(22,660)
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Amortization of
debt discount and issuance costs
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(5,758)
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(2,869,118)
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(5,758)
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(7,502,979)
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Interest
Income
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41,171
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41,172
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123,514
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82,343
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Warrant
Modification Expense
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-
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(2,545,360)
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-
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(2,545,360)
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Interest
expense
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(1,011,003)
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(447,989)
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(1,511,643)
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(772,843)
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Total Other income
(expense)
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4,119,175
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(5,606,766)
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5,112,883
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(10,280,545)
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Net Income
(Loss)
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$1,308,237
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$(8,961,042)
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$(1,953,130)
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$(23,526,227)
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Net loss per common
share - basic and diluted
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$.05
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$(0.38)
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$(.07)
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$(1.07)
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Weighted average
common shares outstanding
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26,833,809
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23,345,857
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27,122,160
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22,078,999
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June
30,
2020
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December
31,
2019
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS
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Cash
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$1,618,582
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$3,324
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Accounts
Receivable
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37,400
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2,424,905
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Inventory
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150,504
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515,630
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Prepaid
fees
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175,000
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-
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Accounts Receivable
- Other
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234,240
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234,240
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Total Current
Assets
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2,215,726
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3,178,099
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OTHER
ASSETS
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Cash -
restricted
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535,641
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265,487
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Processing and rail
facility
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12,554,715
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12,723,163
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Underground
equipment
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7,850,626
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8,294,188
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Surface
equipment
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3,136,906
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3,224,896
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Acquired mining
rights
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669,860
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669,860
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Coal refuse
storage
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12,171,271
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12,171,271
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Less Accumulated
Depreciation
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(12,715,725)
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(11,162,622)
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Land
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1,748,169
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1,748,169
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Note
Receivable
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4,117,139
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4,117,139
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Total Other
Assets
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30,068,602
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32,051,551
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TOTAL
ASSETS
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$32,284,328
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$35,229,650
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES
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Accounts
payable
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$11,456,102
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$11,044,479
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Accounts payable
– related party
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885,029
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718,156
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Accrued
interest
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1,197,050
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2,869,763
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Due to
affiliate
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74,000
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132,000
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Current portion of
long term-debt (net of unamortized discount of $- and
$134,296)
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16,601,920
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20,494,589
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Current portion of
convertible debt, (net of unamortized discount of $- and
$-)
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-
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7,419,612
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Current portion of
reclamation liability
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2,327,169
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2,327,169
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Total Current
Liabilities
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32,541,270
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45,006,407
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OTHER
LIABILITIES
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Long-term portion
of note payable (net of issuance costs of $422,941 and
$428,699)
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4,731,760
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5,415,271
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Convertible note
payables – long term
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14,517,371
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-
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Reclamation
liability
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14,981,814
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17,512,613
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Total Other
Liabilities
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34,230,945
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22,927,884
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Total
Liabilities
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66,772,215
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67,934,291
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STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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AREC - Class A
Common stock: $.0001 par value; 230,000,000 shares authorized,
26,040,512 and 27,410,512 shares issued and
outstanding
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2,603
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2,740
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AREC - Series A
Preferred stock: $.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0
and 0 shares issued and outstanding
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-
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-
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AREC - Series C
Preferred stock: $.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 0
and 0 shares issued and outstanding
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-
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-
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Additional paid-in
capital
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90,611,151
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90,326,104
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Accumulated
deficit
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(125,101,641)
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(123,033,485)
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Total
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
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(34,487,887)
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(32,704,641)
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
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$32,284,328
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$35,229,650
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AMERICAN
RESOURCES CORPORATION
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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UNAUDITED
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For
the six
months
ended
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For
the six
months
ended
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June
30,
2020
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June
30,
2019
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Cash
Flows from Operating activities:
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Net
loss
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$(1,953,130)
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$(23,526,227)
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
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Depreciation
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1,208,798
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1,621,805
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Amortization of
mining rights
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626,448
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1,339,381
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Accretion
expense
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741,174
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641,799
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Liabilities reduced
due to sale of assets
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(3,271,973)
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-
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Recovery of
previously impaired accounts receivable
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-
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(50,806)
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Amortization of
issuance costs and debt discount
|
-
|
7,502,979
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Warrant
modification expense
|
-
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2,545,360
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Stock option
expense
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142,296
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142,296
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Issuance of
warrants in connection with convertible notes
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1,223,700
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-
|
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Issuance of shares
for services
|
18,800
|
-
|
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Issuance of shares
for debt settlement
|
642,060
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-
|
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Warrant
expense
|
87,754
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2,524,500
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Shares returned as
part of asset sale
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(1,840,200)
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-
|
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Share compensation
expense
|
-
|
1,806,040
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Change
in current assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
2,387,505
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(597,015)
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Inventory
|
365,126
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42,774
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Prepaid expenses
and other assets
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(175,000)
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(335,174)
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Accounts
payable
|
296,597
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(1,679,980)
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Funds held for
others
|
-
|
(59,707)
|
|
Accrued
interest
|
(1,672,713)
|
579,486
|
|
Accounts payable -
related party
|
108,234
|
123,002
|
|
Cash used in
operating activities
|
(1,064,524)
|
(7,379,486)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows from Investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received
(paid) for PPE, net
|
417,857
|
(735,495)
|
|
Cash provided by
(used in) investing activities
|
417,857
|
(735,495)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows from Financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments
on long term debt
|
(72,255)
|
(2,314,680)
|
|
Proceeds from
convertible debt
|
1,751,477
|
-
|
|
Proceeds from the
sale of common stock, net
|
10,500
|
4,354,000
|
|
Proceeds from long
term debt
|
2,649,800
|
4,299,980
|
|
Net proceeds from
(payments to) factoring agreement
|
(1,807,443)
|
565,657
|
|
Cash provided by
financing activities
|
2,532,079
|
6,904,957
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase(decrease)
in cash and restricted cash
|
1,885,412
|
(1,210,024)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and restricted
cash, beginning of period
|
268,811
|
2,704,799
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and restricted cash, end of period
|
$2,154,223
|
$1,494,775
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
Information
|
|
|
|
Non-cash
investing and financing activities
|
|
|
|
Assumption of net
assets and liabilities for asset acquisitions
|
$-
|
$2,500,000
|
|
Common shares
issued in asset acquisition
|
$-
|
$24,400,000
|
|
Conversion of
accounts payable to common stock
|
$-
|
$231,661
|
|
Issuance of common
shares with note payable
|
$-
|
$87,250
|
|
Conversion of
Series A Preferred into common stock
|
$-
|
$161
|
|
Conversion of
Series B Preferred into common stock
|
$-
|
$1
|
|
Warrant exercise
for common shares
|
$-
|
$60
|
|
Discount on note
due to beneficial conversion feature
|
$-
|
$7,362,925
|
|
Cancellation of
common shares
|
$-
|
$11
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for
interest
|
$208,154
|
$281,832
|
|
Cash paid for
income taxes
|
$-
|
$-
|
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
Reconciliation
of Adjusted EBITDA to Amounts Reported Under U.S. GAAP
|
|
For the three months ended June 30, 2020
|
For the three months ended June 30, 2019
|
|
Net
Income
|
1,308,237
|
(8,961,042)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
& Other Expenses
|
1,011,003
|
5,606,766
|
|
Income
Tax Expense
|
-
|
-
|
|
Accretion
Expense
|
370,587
|
320,098
|
|
Depreciation
|
293,746
|
804,889
|
|
Amortization
of Mining Rights
|
313,224
|
802,590
|
|
Amortization
of Dedt Discount & Issuance
|
5,758
|
-
|
|
Non-Cash
Stock Options
|
142,296
|
73,602
|
|
Non-Cash
Warrant Expense
|
1,108,675
|
-
|
|
Non-Cash
Share Comp. Expense
|
748,614
|
273,340
|
|
Development
Costs
|
307,247
|
2,887,448
|
|
PCR
Restructuring Expenses
|
113,889
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Adjustments
|
4,415,039
|
10,768,733
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
5,723,276
|
1,807,691
|
(1)
Adjusted EBITDA is
defined as net income before net interest expense, income tax
expense, accretion expense, depreciation, non-cash stock
compensation expense, transaction and other professional fees, and
development costs. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial
performance in accordance with GAAP, and we believe items excluded
from Adjusted EBITDA are significant to a reader in understanding
and assessing our financial condition. Therefore, Adjusted EBITDA
should not be considered in isolation, nor as an alternative to net
income, income from operations, cash flow from operations or as a
measure of our profitability, liquidity, or performance under GAAP.
We believe that Adjusted EBITDA presents a useful measure of our
ability to incur and service debt based on ongoing operations.
Furthermore, similar measures are used by analysts to evaluate our
operating performance. Investors should be aware that our
presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly
titled measures used by others.
About American Resources Corporation
American Resources Corporation is a supplier of high-quality raw
materials to the rapidly growing global infrastructure market. The
Company is focused on the extraction and processing of
metallurgical carbon, an essential ingredient used in steelmaking.
American Resources has a growing portfolio of operations located in
the Central Appalachian basin of eastern Kentucky and southern West
Virginia where premium quality metallurgical carbon deposits are
concentrated.
American Resources has established a nimble, low-cost business
model centered on growth, which provides a significant opportunity
to scale its portfolio of assets to meet the growing global
infrastructure market while also continuing to acquire operations
and significantly reduce their legacy industry risks. Its
streamlined and efficient operations are able to maximize margins
while reducing costs. For more information visit
americanresourcescorp.com or connect with the Company on
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LinkedIn.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
press release contains “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that could cause
the Company’s actual results, performance, or achievements or
industry results to differ materially from any future results,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
American Resources Corporation’s control. The words
“believes”, “may”, “will”,
“should”, “would”, “could”,
“continue”, “seeks”,
“anticipates”, “plans”,
“expects”, “intends”,
“estimates”, or similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements, although not all
forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Any
forward-looking statements included in this press release are made
only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake
any obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking
statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. The
Company cannot assure you that the projected results or events will
be achieved.
PR Contact:
Precision
Public Relations
Matt
Sheldon
917-280-7329
matt@precisionpr.co
Investor Contact:
JTC
Team, LLC
Jenene
Thomas
833-475-8247
AREC@jtcir.com
Company Contact:
Mark
LaVerghetta
317-855-9926
ext. 0
Vice
President of Corporate Finance and Communications
investor@americanresourcescorp.com
Source:
American Resources Corporation